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176646

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date	29/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Accident and Emergency Departments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they will take to reduce excessive waiting times for accident and emergency patients.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL4555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2015 answer text <p>The Government has given the National Health Service a record £700 million of additional support to ensure urgent and emergency care services are sustainable year-round and ready for the pressures of winter. Local plans to spend this money provide for nearly 8,800 extra staff and almost 6,500 extra beds. The Government is also acting to ease the pressure on accident and emergency (A&amp;E) departments, by supporting faster discharge from hospitals. We have given ring-fenced grant totalling £37 million to councils, to help prevent delayed discharges.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For the longer term NHS England’s urgent and emergency care review is looking at ways to improve the system, including easing pressures on A&amp;E departments.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 05/02/2015 13:21:41 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

176647

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date	29/01/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Government Departments: Flags
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what criteria determine when flags on Government buildings are flown at half mast; and for what reason it was done on Wednesday 21 January.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL4556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2015 answer text <p>On Friday 23 January, flags on Government buildings were flown at half mast following the death of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. In line with long-standing arrangements, the Union Flag is flown at half-mast on Government buildings following the death of foreign monarchs.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 05/02/2015 14:59:11 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

176650

registered interest
date	29/01/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	UK Membership of EU
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they consider that it is in the interest of the United Kingdom to remain a member of the European Union.
tabling member printed	Lord Tebbit
uin	HL4559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2015 answer text <p>Membership of the EU brings the UK many benefits, including jobs and investment and a strong collective negotiating voice to negotiate free trade agreements. But the British Government is clear that the EU must reform to make it more competitive, democratically accountable and fair for those inside and outside the Eurozone.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 05/02/2015 15:25:48 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	952 label Biography information for Lord Tebbit